First Language

First Language is a catalog of drawings by artist and illustrator Lauren Simkin Berke, as exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery in 2019. This is the artist's sixth solo show, and first time exhibiting their drawings. The pieces included were created between 2007 and 2019, and include: doodles, drawings based on found vintage photographs, and preliminary rough sketches, final linework, and color separations for illustration work. There are drawings that were originally created as illustrations...
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First Language is a catalog of drawings by artist and illustrator Lauren Simkin Berke, as exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery in 2019. This is the artist's sixth solo show, and first time exhibiting their drawings. The pieces included were created between 2007 and 2019, and include: doodles, drawings based on found vintage photographs, and preliminary rough sketches, final linework, and color separations for illustration work. There are drawings that were originally created as illustrations for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Out, The Advocate, The Boston Globe, and Smithsonian Magazine, covering topics such as information technology, gun violence, Shakespeare, lesbian hairstyles, current affairs, world war II, and important women often left out of the story of history.